Puritanism posing a threat to the Elizabethan settlement?

Question 1

What were puritans?

Answer 1

wanted to live a pure and godly life

Question 2

Where did puritans emerge from?

Answer 2

emerged from those who went into exile in Mary’s reign and lived abroad e.g. John Calvin

Question 3

Why did Puritans cause conflict with Elizabeth?

Answer 3

They wanted the settlement to be more protestant e.g. Grindal

Question 4

What methods did Puritans use to alter the settlement?

Answer 4

through convocation, parliament or local grass-roots

Question 5

How did Puritans try to alter it through convocation?

Answer 5

In 1563 there was discussion over 39 Articles (statement of doctrine) and wanted to introduce the 6 Articles

Question 6

`How did Elizabeth respond to this?

Answer 6

6 Articles was defeated by Elizabeth and 29 Articles were repressed and after this they were careful who went into convocation

Question 7

Why did radical members of the clergy cause a debate in 1564-66?

Answer 7

they said vestments represented something unbiblical

Question 8

What was Elizabeth forced to do as a result?

Answer 8

wrote to Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker in 1565 complaining about vestments

Question 9

What did Parker issue ordering appropriate vestments?

Answer 9

Advertisements and forced London clergy to appear in appropriate vestments and 37 refused and were suspended

Question 10

How did puritans try to change the settlement through parliament?

Answer 10

moderate puritans tried to introduce the Alphabetical bils to improve clerical standards but Puritan MP William strickland attempted to add his own version of common prayer to it

Question 11

How did Elizabeth respond to this?

Answer 11

she used her royal veto to stop both bills and 39 Articles defining doctrine became a law

Question 12

How did the printing press help puritans?

Answer 12

helped produce illegal pamphlets and Books

Question 13

What did Puritans try to replace Elizabeth’s common book with?

Answer 13

Bill and Book in 1584

Question 14

How did Elizabeth respond to this?

Answer 14

Elizabeth’s councillor Christopher Hutton gave a speech and the MPs were sent to the tower

Question 15

What did calvinists believe?

Answer 15

didn’t deny the role of the monarch but thought there was no biblical reference for traditional church structure

Question 16

What system did Calvinists favour?

Answer 16

where congregations couls run themselves and led by Presbyterians

Question 17

What were presbyterians?

Answer 17

church elders and ministers

Question 18

What did the Queen fear?

Answer 18

that more radical settlements would alienate moderate Lutherans and Catholics and ideas in the congregations wouldn’t be able to be controlled

Question 19

How did Puritans challenge from below/local grassroots?

Answer 19

they got protection from sympathisers on Elizabeth’s council such as Robert Dudley, Ambrose and Grindal

Question 20

Which 2 important figures gave lectures at Cambridge?

Answer 20

Thomas Cartwright and John Field who had calvinist views

Question 21

Who was Cartwright protected by?

Answer 21

Robert Dudley

Question 22

How did the government respond and why?

Answer 22

Field was imprisoned for writing ‘Admonitions to Parliament’ and Carwright wrote about Popish abuses

Question 23

How was prophesying a threat?

Answer 23

lead to informal meeting s between members of congregation

Question 24

Why did Elizabeth want an end to it?

Answer 24

because it linked with the calvinist system

Question 25

Who refused to stop prophesying and what was the result?

Answer 25

Grindal (Archbishop of Canterbury) refused and he was suspended from his post

Question 26

What did Elizabeth do as a result?

Answer 26

she wrote to all her bishops that those caught prophesying would be imprisoned

Question 27

Why did Elizabeth allow Article 39?

Answer 27

she needed support from protestant to back her against possible catholic invasion

Question 28

What was whitgifts beliefs?

Answer 28

he was unsympathetic towards puritans and supported the settlement

Question 29

What did Whitgift impose?

Answer 29

3 Articles - supremacy, common book and 39 Articles

Question 30

What did clergymen suspected of Puritanism have to do?

Answer 30

had to take an oath and 300 were suspended for not taking the oath